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been made in any work, or when, in my opinion, it has been 

 placed in a wrong genus, I have quoted the name by which 

 it is distinguished, in my own MSS. 



I cannot conclude these few preliminary observations 

 better, than in the words of the great gardener so often 

 mentioned, " that having delivered my sentiments with un- 

 reserved freedom, I hope to be pardoned for any faults in 

 the style ; and that whatever errors may have crept in, I 

 shall be ready to expunge upon information from any ju- 

 dicious person." 



MONOCOTYLEDON ES. 



JUNCE/E. 



Luzula Albida. Decand. Syn.p.150. Juncus albidus. 

 Hoffm. FLGerm.p.126. Juncus angustifolius. WulJeninJacq. 

 Collect, v. 3. p. 56. Juncus leucophobus. Ehrh. Beitr. v. 6. 

 p. 141. Juncus niveus. Leers. Fl. Herb. p. 90. t. IS. 



I received seeds of this plant, collected on some of the 

 high mountains of Hungary, by Dr. TowNSOtf, in 1793* 

 which came up three years after they had been gathered ; 

 and it is probably the Juncus spicatus of his Travels. On the 

 paper they were in, was written, " seeds eaten by the pea- 

 sants but 1 neither found them larger, nor better flavoured, 

 than others of the genus. It grows readily in any soil. 



Luzula Lutea. Decand. Syn. p. 150. Juncus luteus. VU- 

 lars FL Delph. v. 2. p. 235. t. 6. Juncus planifolius, &c. Hall 



